(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 7. First Lady of the
Republic of Albania Armanda Begaj has today visited the Azerbaijan
National Carpet Museum.
The Albanian first lady was informed about the traditions of
Azerbaijan's ancient art of carpet-making, and familiarized herself
with the unique collection exhibited in the Museum, demonstrating
Azerbaijan's carpet weaving techniques.
She also viewed the rare samples of piled and lint-free carpets
exhibited in the Museum. It was noted that the unique samples of
Azerbaijan's seven main carpet weaving schools, including Guba,
Baku, Shirvan, Ganja, Gazakh, Karabakh and Tabriz, depicting
ornaments of wild life, birds and plants, are also showcased in the
Museum.
It was emphasized that due to meticulous and hard work carried
out by Azerbaijan's First Lady, President of the Haydar Aliyev
Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva, Azerbaijan's national art of carpet
weaving was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on November 16, 2010.
First Lady of Albania Armanda Begaj then viewed the Museum`s
Jewelry Fund.
She was presented with keepsakes.
Azerbaijan's material cultural heritage, as well as the
extraordinary and original exposition of the museum building have
made a deep impression on the Albanian first lady.
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